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Iggy Pop, is the cover boy of “Dustin Pittman: New York After Dark,” prowling across the stage with the Stooges at Ugano’s Club in 1970.“Iggy did his Iggy thing,” said Pittman. “He was all new, and it was amazing … We just hit it off really well.”So much so that Pittman was granted a very special exception.“Iggy had this one rule that if a photographer got too close, he would break their camera,” he said.

Adele Parks has been commissioned to write the screenplay of her 24th novel, First Wife’s Shadow. It’s a psychological thriller that looks at the issue of living in the shadow of a previous wife, as a whirlwind relationship between career-driven Emma and Matthew, a widower 12 years her junior, goes awry. Emma becomes obsessed with his late first wife… and then strange things start to happen.

“Long before Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney came to Wrexham, Elton John came to Watford,” writes John Preston in the introduction to his new book, Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other. Written in collaboration with the legendary singer-songwriter, the book looks at how Elton was the first celebrity to buy a soccer club. He purchased Watford in 1976, well before actors such as Reynolds and McElhenney became owners of Welsh team Wrexham in 2020. Elton had grown up going to Watford games with his father, who was often distant otherwise, and the fond memories compelled him to get involved with the team — even though the squad was in last place in the lowest league at the time, ranking 92nd out of 92. However, under Elton and legendary manager Graham Taylor, Watford FC underwent a transformation, rising from the bottom of the Fourth Division to the top tier of the First. The excerpt below looks at how Elton, who sold his stake in the club in 1990 but still attends games with his sons, first bought in.Around 18,000 people came to see Elton John play at the Hollywood Bowl on the evening of 7 September 1973.

announced Tuesday that Harry’s book will be published in paperback in the US on October 22. In the UK, the paperback version of “Spare” is expected to come out on October 24.Despite reports saying that the Duke of Sussex, 39, was looking for “more sensational material” to include in the new format of his book, Penguin Random House confirmed the contents of the paperback “are unchanged” from the memoir’s original version.“The new edition will have the same cover image as the hardcover edition, a newly designed package and the contents of the book are unchanged,” the publishing company said in their statement.Harry’s tell-all book that came out in Jan.

Samantha Jeffries is using the unwanted fame she received from her televised experience of being backed up for 12 days to release a children’s book, “Sam Can’t Poop.”The red-haired beauty gets stopped by fans of the ABC dating series — where alums from “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” mingle on the beach in Mexico — who remember her inability to make No. 2, which prompted medical intervention and a tearful early exit.“I was at a pool in Scottsdale, and this mom and daughter come up to me and they go, ‘Are you the poop girl from ‘The Bachelor?’ And I was like, ‘I can’t believe that’s how people know me, but yes,'” Jeffries, 29, told The Post. “And the mom was like, ‘Every time I poop, I think of you.'” Jeffries, an occupational therapist based in Cincinnati, OH, works with many children who struggle in the bathroom, and she and her former co-worker-turned-co-author, Carly Nguyen, had the idea for a kids’ book to help “normalize pooping” before she even went on the show.

following the drama or not, there’s no denying that “It Ends With Us” is a pretty big deal right now. The movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel opened at number one in the box office despite rumors swirling the day after the movie premiered about friction between star/producer Blake Lively and star/director Justin Baldoni.

“A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton.”Just hours before McClinton and her wealthy businessman husband, James Vincent Sullivan, were due in an Atlanta courtroom — where a judge would determine the outcome of their multimillion-dollar divorce case — she would be shot to death in broad daylight, in cold blood, by a hired amateur killer. Friday, Jan.

Mick Jagger’s partner of 10 years — with the promise ring to prove it — former prima ballerina Melanie Hamrick choreographed the rock ballet “Porte Rouge” that was inspired by the music of the Rolling Stones.But despite their decade-long pas de deux, Hamrick — who retired from the American Ballet Theatre after 15 years in 2019 — doesn’t give Jagger any notes on his legendary moves. “Nah — he’s an expert, he’s got it down,” Hamrick, 37, told The Post.

Liza Minnelli is upset about how her appearance at the 2022 Academy Awards was handled. The Hollywood legend, 78, announced her new memoir on Tuesday in a statement to People magazine, and reiterated claims that she was “sabotaged” at the Oscars two years ago.

Britney Spears is finally getting the biopic treatment. Universal Pictures said it has secured the rights to a film based on the pop star’s best-selling 2023 memoir, “The Woman in Me,” according to People.The movie will be directed by Jon M.

New York Times.The Post has reached out to Pascal’s agent.Pascal was born on May 13, 1932 in Manhattan and raised in Queens. She studied journalism at New York University and then worked as a freelance writer for online websites.Her first young adult novel, “Hangin’ Out With Cici,” was published in 1977 and adapted into a TV special, called “My Mother Was Never a Kid.”Pascal and her husband, John Pascal, also wrote scripts for the soap opera “The Young Marrieds.”In 1983, she published the first book in the “Sweet Valley High” series, which follows identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield who live in a fictional suburb in Los Angeles.She previously spoke to Entertainment Weekly about how she was inspired to write the book series. “A friend of mine had lunch with a [book] editor, a man, who said, ‘Why isn’t there a ‘Dallas’ for young people?’ I thought about it, and I actually had a book [proposal] due.

“Catherine, The Princess of Wales,” reveals the circumstances behind when the royal couple — who are now married with three children — briefly broke up in 2007, three years before they got engaged.According to the book, William, 42, and Kate, 42, were getting pretty serious as a couple at the time, with Kate even snagging an invite to William’s military graduation in December 2006.However, Jobson wrote that “Catherine knew William wasn’t in any hurry to propose, and the truth is she was prepared to wait until he was ready. After all, they were in love — weren’t they?”When William unexpectedly canceled their 2006 New Year’s Eve plans, Kate knew “something was wrong,” the book said.

It was 1984 and the author of bestselling children’s books including “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,” “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” and “Blubber” was invited to appear on CNN’s “Crossfire,” a news entertainment show co-hosted by liberal journalist Tom Braden and conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan. As the guest, Blume sat between them, smiling anxiously at the camera.Buchanan kicked off the conversation. “Ms.

Vogue. “It’s an American tactic,” writes Elwood. “The First Lady is always more popular than the president, and she makes her husband look good by association.”But then came the Arab Spring uprising.

Jenny Slate‘s voice from “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On,” “The Secret Life of Pets,” “Zootopia,” “The Lego Batman” or “Big Mouth.”It’s also possible you’ve seen her in “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Obvious Child,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Venom” and “Parks and Recreation.”This fall, you can finally see her live and in person.The 42-year-old actress and comedienne recently announced she’s embarking on an eight-show book tour from Oct. 22-30 in support of her new collection of essays “Life Form.”To kick off the quick jaunt, the former “Not Ready For Prime Time Player” will drop into New York City’s Town Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 22.Other notable stops on the run include Boston (Oct.

The House of Beckham,” out now in the UK and Tuesday in the US.It’s just one piece of the fall out that resulted in Markle snubbing David and Victoria Beckham.The “Suits” actress was once so close to the Beckhams she stayed at their Beverly Hills home during a trip to Los Angeles. Bower writes how “a member of Victoria’s staff” offered beauty advice on the best facials and hair dresser in London when Markle was engaged to Prince Harry.But Markle quickly lost trust in Victoria when she believed the designer had leaked a story to the press.“Only after The Sun reported how Victoria had given Meghan makeup advice did the relationship between the two ambitious women crash,” Bower writes, noting that Markle was sensitive to the “media’s probing into her unusual past.” “Harry was ordered to complain to David Beckham,” Bower writes, leading the former soccer star to ask Victoria how The Sun got the gossip.

The “space race” of the 1950s and 60s conjures images of the gleaming Sputnik satellite, Soviet scientists in crisp white coats and sharp-nosed rockets rising into the sky with fiery splendor. But, the reality of the USSR’s space program — which narrowly beat the US to send the first man to space — was far more down-to-earth writes John Strausbaugh in his new book, “The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned” (out now, PublicAffairs). Strausbaugh paints an amusing portrait of rockets and spacecrafts held together with little more than bubblegum and shoe strings — and tight-lipped publicity campaigns. In this excerpt, he writes of Yuri Gagarin, the first Russian cosmonaut sent into space. On the morning of April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin fell out of the sky onto a quilt of farmland growing wheat and rye in the Russian village of Smelovka.

“Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian,” animal doctor Amy Attas dishes on what she’s learned about the lives of New York’s wealthy and well-known by visiting their homes to care for their four-legged family members.Attas launched her mobile practice, City Pets, in 1992. Joan Rivers, whom she had impressed with her no-nonsense approach to treating the comedian’s Yorkie, Spike, at Park East Animal Hospital, was her first client.Other notables, including Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Wayne Gretzky, Erica Jong and Steve Martin, followed.

Lauren Sánchez is now part of the literary world after releasing her debut children’s book, “The Fly Who Flew to Space.” The book hits shelves on Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, and promises to take young readers on a captivating space adventure that blends imagination, education, and environmental awareness.In an exclusive reveal, video footage captures when Sánchez opens her book for the first time, offering a heartfelt glimpse into her new literary venture. “Such a surreal feeling to hold this book in my hands for the first time!! @raleighstewart (the incredible talent behind the illustrations) and I can’t wait for you all to read @theflywhoflew,” Lauren wrote.A post shared by Lauren Sanchez (@laurenwsanchez)“The Fly Who Flew to Space” follows the story of Flynn the Fly, an adventurous and curious little insect who dreams of something bigger.

The Most Human: Reconciling With My Father, Leonard Nimoy,” available starting Tuesday, June 4. “Like Spock, Dad was not the warm and fuzzy type,” Adam writes about Leonard, who died in 2015 at age 83, and the iconic half-human, half-Vulcan role that he played for three seasons in the original 1966-1969 series and six movie sequels, as well as J.J. Abrams’ more recent series of film reboots.

Adam Nimoy, claimed that the “Star Trek” actors didn’t get along in his new book, “The Most Human: Reconciling With My Father, Leonard Nimoy.”Shatner, 93, exclusively told The Post that Adam, 67, “wasn’t around” when Shatner and Leonard worked together.“He didn’t know. He was too young to know my relationship with Leonard,” said Shatner, who recently came out with a new children’s album, “Where Will the Animals Sleep?” Adam Nimoy was born in 1956; Shatner and Leonard Nimoy starred in “Star Trek” from 1966 to 1969.“I don’t know what he said in his book, but my relationship with Leonard was one of joy.